The difference between Channel and Strait

When used as nouns, channel means the physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks, whereas strait means a narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

When used as verbs, channel means to make or cut a channel or groove in, whereas strait means to confine.


Strait is also adverb with the meaning: strictly.

Strait is also adjective with the meaning: narrow.

check bellow for the other definitions of Channel and Strait

  1. Channel as a noun:

    The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.

    Examples:

    "The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel."

  2. Channel as a noun:

    The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.

    Examples:

    "A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city."

  3. Channel as a noun:

    The navigable part of a river.

    Examples:

    "We were careful to keep our boat in the channel."

  4. Channel as a noun:

    A narrow body of water between two land masses.

    Examples:

    "The English Channel lies between France and England."

  5. Channel as a noun:

    That through which anything passes; means of conveying or transmitting.

    Examples:

    "The news was conveyed to us by different channels."

  6. Channel as a noun:

    A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.

  7. Channel as a noun (electronics):

    A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.

    Examples:

    "The guard-rail provided the channel between the downed wire and the tree."

  8. Channel as a noun (electronics):

    The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.

  9. Channel as a noun (communication):

    The part that connects a data source to a data sink.

    Examples:

    "A channel stretches between them."

  10. Channel as a noun (communication):

    A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.

    Examples:

    "We are using one of the 24 channels."

  11. Channel as a noun (communication):

    A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.

    Examples:

    "The channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs."

  12. Channel as a noun (communication):

    A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.

    Examples:

    "Their call is being carried on channel 6 of the T-1 line."

  13. Channel as a noun (broadcasting):

    A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.

    Examples:

    "KNDD is the channel at 107.7 MHz in Seattle."

  14. Channel as a noun (broadcasting):

    A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.

    Examples:

    "NBC is on channel 11 in San Jose."

  15. Channel as a noun (storage):

    The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.

    Examples:

    "This chip in this disk drive is the channel device."

  16. Channel as a noun (technic):

    The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.

    Examples:

    "The liquid is pressurized in the lateral channel."

  17. Channel as a noun (business, marketing):

    A distribution channel

  18. Channel as a noun (Internet):

    A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chatroom and often dedicated to a specific topic.

  19. Channel as a noun (Internet):

    An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.

  20. Channel as a noun:

    A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.

  1. Channel as a verb (transitive):

    To make or cut a channel or groove in.

  2. Channel as a verb (transitive):

    To direct or guide along a desired course.

    Examples:

    "We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones."

  3. Channel as a verb (transitive, of a spirit, as of a dead person):

    To serve as a medium for.

    Examples:

    "She was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth."

  4. Channel as a verb (transitive):

    To follow as a model, especially in a performance.

    Examples:

    "He was trying to channel President Reagan, but the audience wasn't buying it."

    "When it is my turn to sing karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles."

  1. Channel as a noun (nautical):

    The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.

  1. Strait as an adjective (archaic):

    Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.

  2. Strait as an adjective (archaic):

    Righteous, strict.

    Examples:

    "to follow the strait and narrow"

  3. Strait as an adjective (obsolete):

    Tight; close; tight-fitting.

  4. Strait as an adjective (obsolete):

    Close; intimate; near; familiar.

  5. Strait as an adjective (obsolete):

    Difficult; distressful.

  6. Strait as an adjective (obsolete):

    Parsimonious; stingy; mean.

  1. Strait as a noun (geography):

    A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

    Examples:

    "The Strait of Gibraltar"

  2. Strait as a noun:

    A narrow pass or passage.

  3. Strait as a noun:

    A neck of land; an isthmus.

  4. Strait as a noun:

    A difficult position (often used in plural).

    Examples:

    "to be in dire straits"

  1. Strait as a verb (obsolete):

    To confine; put to difficulties.

  1. Strait as an adverb (obsolete):

    Strictly; rigorously.

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